At one point in choreographer Jolene Bailie's show Eat All You Want/The Top?, a dancer runs across the stage, scattering dozens of pairs of panties across the stage and shouting, "Panties for peace!"

If you consider that simply a bit of oddball sexual provocation, Bailie is quick to point out Panties for Peace was a real, effective non-violent campaign launched against the military of Burma (officially Myanmar).

"People around the world were encouraged to drop, fling, mail or throw women's underpants at Burmese embassies around the world in a statement against exploitation that women faced at the hands of the military," Bailie says during a rehearsal break of her show at the University of Winnipeg performance space.

If the reference seems unusual, it's business as usual for Bailie, a prolific Winnipeg choreographer who has never been shy about integrating non-dance elements into her shows.

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